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Jordan denies entry to Israeli with Jewish prayer items
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Israel News, Jordan

Jordan denied an Israeli citizen entry into the country after border guards noticed that the traveler was carrying a prayer shawl and phylacteries, Israel Radio reported on Friday.

After initially being stopped by Jordanian authorities at the border crossing near Eilat, the tourist offered to leave the traditional prayer items on the Israeli side, but to no avail, according to Israel Radio.

Upon his return home, the tourist sent a letter of protest to the Jordanian ambassador in Tel Aviv, who responded that security concerns required that travelers entering the Hashemite Kingdom not do so with prayer shawls and phylacteries.
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The Foreign Ministry told Israel Radio that it is aware of prior incidents of this nature, adding that it rejects Jordanian claims that the traditional Jewish prayer items pose a threat to the country.

Jewish males over the age of 13 are required to don a prayer shawl and phylacteries (known in Hebrew as tefilin) during worship services.

Three years ago, Jordan prevented Orthodox Jewish Israelis from entering the country for fear they would be the targets of terrorist attacks.

Jordan refused to allow a group of eight Israeli tourists from entering the country after an inspection at the border crossing revealed prayer shawls and phylacteries.

Jordan is one of two Arab countries to have signed a peace treaty with Israel.
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  1.   Why shouldn`t Israel make similar reverse laws? 10:45  |  Binyamin Dissen 10/07/09
  2.   Peace ? 11:21  |  Serge 10/07/09
  3.   Is this ok? 11:40  |  h 10/07/09
  4.   When did terrorists ever specifically target religous Jews+ 11:54  |  Ofer Maimon 10/07/09
  5.   And this is an Arab country that we have "good" relations with. 11:54  |  Jew 10/07/09
  6.   That should be acceptable to Israelis 12:14  |  Axel 10/07/09
  7.   Jordan denies entry to Israeli 12:30  |  Marlene 10/07/09
  8.   OH YES THOSE `DANGEROUS` PRAYER SHAWLS. 12:52  |  petra 10/07/09
  9.   Population of joran is palestinian 12:57  |  Tarzan 10/07/09
  10.   Solution 13:03  |  Yoav Ben Zakai 10/07/09
  11.   maybe Jordan is worried.. 13:13  |  had enough 10/07/09
  12.   biased 13:35  |  Reuven 10/07/09
  13.   Undeniable proof of worthlessness of Arab World "normalization" 17:25  |  Dr. L. Brnd 10/07/09
  14.   Jordanians are right for the security of jews. 18:06  |  Tony Silver 10/07/09
  15.   A curious censorship 04:41  |  Mark Lincoln 11/07/09
  16.   Sucks, don`t it? 21:20  |  American 11/07/09
  17.   If you all fail to see.. 21:25  |  American 11/07/09
  18.   jordan denies entry to israeli with Jewish prayer item 20:12  |  Proud american 13/07/09
  19.   wise decision by the Jordanian 00:10  |  C2 14/07/09
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